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SL-17 I, II, and III 9/26/19 1/25/20 <br /> SL-18 I 3/20/20 8/22/20 <br /> SL-19 11 7/22/20 10/26/20 <br /> SL-20 I 4/13/21 5/28/21 <br /> SL-21 I 2/28/22 6/24/22 <br /> See Exhibit 2A of the Colowyo Mine Annual Reclamation Report for the locations of the previous <br /> Phase I, II and III Bond Release areas at the Colowyo Coal Mine. See Table 1 in this document for <br /> the previous bond release acreages and Table 2 in this document for the previous bond release <br /> amounts. <br /> SL-22 Partial Phase II Bond Release Application <br /> The SL-22 application was received by the Division on July 13, 2023 and deemed complete on <br /> August 18, 2023. Colowyo published notice of the bond release application in the CraigDaily <br /> Press once weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning July 19, 2023 and ending on August 9, <br /> 2023. Colowyo notified landowners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, the Office of <br /> Surface Mining(OSM), the BLM, Colorado State Land Board (CSLB) and other interested parties <br /> of the application for bond release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). No comments, written objections <br /> or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond release application were received by the <br /> Division. <br /> A bond release inspection was scheduled and conducted on September 12, 2023. The site <br /> inspection was conducted in accordance with Rule 3.03.2(2). Inspection attendees included: Zach <br /> Trujillo of the Division, Tom Fry of Colowyo, and Dan MacKinnon of OSM. No representatives <br /> from the BLM, other State or local agencies, or adjacent land owners attended the inspection. A <br /> summary of the bond release inspection is presented in Section IV, of this document. Detailed <br /> observations of the inspection are documented in the inspection report that was issued September <br /> 15, 2023. See Figure 1 of this document for the location of the SL-22 partial Phase II Bond Release <br /> area. <br /> III. CRITERIA FOR BOND RELEASE <br /> Phase II Bond Release <br /> Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance November 3,2023 <br /> Partial Phase 11 Bond Release SL-22 Page 4 <br />